The news that Beiyue Academy and Panlong Academy will hold a school examination was hyped up in the town by people with intentions during the time when Zhao Xifeng left Panlong Town. It didn't take long for the whole town to know, and the news was even transmitted to nearby Liangcheng and even the entire four northwestern provinces through trade routes.

A month before the school exam, people from all walks of life rushed to the town, the school test is not uncommon between the various schools in the Great Zhou, but in this one in the northwest, it is particularly eye-catching, most people who pay attention to the situation in the northwest know that this is the first public competition in the land of the star tide on behalf of the royal line of the Panlong Academy and the Jiayuan student movement, the first public competition in the land of the star tide, can almost determine the next few years, the entire northwest practice world has the right to speak, and even faintly involved, the changes in the situation within Kyoto, if Li Chunhao and Zhou Zhe master and apprentice in Panlong Town ten years of layout is overturned, it will undoubtedly cause a serious blow to the royal family。

For ordinary people, the academic examination has always been held inside the college, and it is rare to hold it in public, and it is the first time in the history of the northwest that the academic examination is open to everyone in the center of the whole town as it is today. The competition between cultivators is really a rare thing for ordinary people, and the opportunity to see the excitement at such a close distance is certainly not to be missed.

On this morning, the square in front of the town's bell tower was already overcrowded, and people from all over the country and the townspeople arrived early to try to get a good spot.

In the center of the square, the government ordered people to build a simple wooden platform about ten zhang square. At this time, on both sides of the wooden platform, the teachers of the Panlong Academy and the Beiyue Academy were in full swing to draw calligraphy along the edge of the field, in order to prevent the powerful calligraphy from escaping and injuring the people.

The town guard Guo You had already arrived, and he was standing on the drum tower at the moment, Guo You looked at the wooden platform from top to bottom, his eyes were full of melancholy, and the main thin willow Hanzhi beside him was relaxed.

For Guo You, Zhou Zhe is still in Kyoto and has not returned, and the students of Panlong Academy have only practiced for half a year, and in the eyes of insiders, it is almost a must-lose.

For Liu Hanzhi, it was much easier. Beiyue Academy is almost certain to win, and the momentum of the student movement is on a higher level in the northwest, and he is naturally rising, to the point where he has more hope of challenging the position of the town guard, so he smiled and said to Guo You: "Why is Lord Guo so worried? The school palace of the two academies is open to the school in our town, which is unprecedented in ancient times, and it is a great joy to be happy!"

Guo You shook his head and said: "It is not necessarily a good thing for cultivators to gather, there are no cultivators in the past few years, and the people in the town are not necessarily doing badly, as the head of a town, I only hope that the dispute in the court will not be implicated in the town, as for the study test or something, it is just a trick for the young people to manipulate it to fight for power and profit, where can we talk about any grand event." ”

Liu Hanzhi snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Not long after the two sides exchanged words, there was a violent cheer under the drum tower, it turned out that the students of Beiyue Academy had arrived, only to see Xie Puyan taking the lead, and all the disciples behind him, everyone looked relaxed, as if this was not a learning test, but just a performance.

"It's the first time I've seen such a simple wooden field, this Panlong Town is too poor and sour, and ah, there is such a group of ignorant people outside, what's the matter, when we play monkeys!" Li Yunqian, a girl in a green skirt who had mocked Zhao Xifeng with Ma Sichen at the gate of the town, was wearing a bright red suit today, obviously specially prepared for the study test, and at this moment looked at the simple wooden platform and pouted disdainfully.

"Senior sister, I don't know anything," a short and sturdy young man in a strong suit Chi Xiao said flatteringly, "In such a small place in the poor countryside, it is already a great effort to make up so much wood to build a platform, the countryside is the countryside, and we can't compare with Jiangnan Province, besides, what platform is not the same, let's go up in a while, don't tear down the people and the platform together." ”

Everyone in Beiyue Academy let out a rampant laugh, and Xie Puyan listened with a smile and did not stop it.

While everyone was talking and laughing, the main gate of the drum tower slowly opened, and Zhong Li led the remaining eight students of the academy to walk out in turn. Everyone's faces were calm, and they couldn't see the ups and downs of emotions, only Li Xuan showed a slight anxious look, and kept looking in the direction of the north gate of the town, while Dong Erpang kept whispering something in his ear to comfort him.

The two teams of people and horses met in front of the wooden platform, Zhong Li and Xie Puyan saluted each other, Xie Puyan found out Zhong Li's identity from somewhere, so he whispered to the little girl, "Miss Zhong is offended, Beiyue Academy has no intention of being an enemy of the Emperor Sect, but it is a matter of honor of this academy, Xie and the disciples under the seat will go all out, if you offend, you will also look at Haihan." ”

Zhong Li nodded and said, "Mr. Xie is not polite, let's rely on our abilities." ”

After speaking, the two of them retreated to the east and west sides of the wooden platform and sat down in the positions prepared in advance.

At this moment, the big drum in the building suddenly sounded, and the hour had come.

Under the wooden platform, watching the lively crowd was silent, Guo You picked up Zhenyuan, and said loudly: "This academic examination between Panlong Academy and Beiyue Academy is witnessed by this official. ”

Because the situation is very unfavorable to Panlong Academy, Guo You himself is extremely opposed to holding this kind of academic examination activity in the town, so he didn't say a polite word, and after announcing the start of the sentence concisely, he sat back in his place.

For the first time, everyone present knew that Guo You's cultivation was so profound, and he didn't see how hard he could, and his casual voice easily resounded throughout the town.

Zhongli looked around at everyone, everyone showed excitement, and no one was afraid of fighting, nodded with satisfaction and said: "This is the first battle for you to embark on the path of cultivation, remember what I said to you, you are geniuses, you are the gift of the star tide, you will definitely be able to turn the impossible into a possibility, in the eyes of others we will lose a battle, but we must win, do you hear!"

"I heard you!" everyone agreed.

"In the next first battle, I will take the lead in the battle, and I will show you and others how to compete with cultivators in the same realm, so as not to disappoint my hopes. Zhong Li paused and continued.

Everyone nodded vigorously.

However, at this time, there was a burst of laughter from the other side of the ring, and everyone turned their heads to look, it turned out that the first person to fight was also decided, and the way turned out to be guessing boxing!

The final result appeared, a black-clothed boy about eighteen or nineteen years old won the guessing boxing game, jumped into the ring, and said loudly to Zhong Li and the others: "Lu Lu Zhiyuan of Beiyue Academy in Xiajiang South Province, please ask the classmates of Panlong Academy for advice, but the trouble is faster, I have to rush back to the school for lunch." ”

After that, he laughed out loud with everyone in the audience.

Zhong Li raised his eyebrows and raised his head, unusually bright in the early summer sun.